Here's the problem with asking for the "best" way to do something: people often respond without giving any context to their answers.
For example, the best way from CDG airport to SJPP for a retired couple may be sitting at CDG airport for six hours for one of the few trains that will connect them with the train to Bayonne. This strategy saves them an $80 taxi ride into Paris to grab a train at the Montparnasse train station (where there are frequent trains directly to Bayonne). But they do not qualify their answer with telling everyone they are on a fixed income with unlimited time, so sitting around CDG is no big deal to them.
Another example of out of context answers was a future pilgrim asking for the "best" way to get from Seattle to Paris. Someone responded, "We went through Milwaukie!" I found this answer to be strange given that (at the time) both Delta and Air France operated non-stop flights between Seattle and Paris. So, I sent this person a PM.
"Why would you suggest flying from Seattle to Paris through Milwaukie? That must have added 10 hours to your trip."
"Exactly! We have friends in Milwaukie, and we used the layover to visit with them at the airport."
"Don't you think you should have given that context to your answer?"
"Why?"
"Do you think the person asking the question on the Forum has friends in Milwaukie they would want to see?"
"Oh, I see your point."
So, the way I go from CDG to SJPP is as follows:
1. I take an $80 taxi ride from CDG to Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris.
2. I board a direct train to Bayonne (e.g., no switching trains in Bordeaux like the trains leaving CDG airport).
3. I take an $80 taxi ride from the Bayonne to SJPP.
Why? [The context]
1. I do not want to sit in CDG for hours waiting for an indirect train to Bayonne (e.g., one that forces me to change trains in Bordeaux).
2. Sitting in CDG with jet lag for hours is the equivalent of tourist waterboarding.
3. I am willing to pay $80 to walk off a plane, jump into a taxi, and walk out of the taxi onto a train leaving for Bayonne.
4. Finally, I use a $80 taxi from the Bayonne to SJPP (versus the local train) because I want to walk into and out of the Pilgrim's Office at SJPP in less than five minutes. If you take the local train, there is this mad dash to the Pilgrim's Office from the SJPP train station. And no matter how fast you walk, you will probably be standing in line at the Pilgrim's Office for a long time.
5. In the meantime, I am the person enjoying a cold adult beverage across the street.